The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination.
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Although the primary cause of the accelerating increase of the pollinator dependence of commercial agriculture seems to be economic and political and not biological, the rapid expansion of cultivation of many pollinator-dependent crops has the potential to trigger future pollination problems for both these crops and native species in neighboring areas.About:
This article is published in Current Biology.The article was published on 2009-06-09 and is currently open access. It has received 902 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pollinator decline & Pollination.read more
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Forage area estimation in European honeybees (Apis mellifera) by automatic waggle decoding of videos using a generic camcorder in field apiaries
TL;DR: An automatic waggle decoding method applicable to video recordings taken in field apiaries using a generic camcorder with a normal frame rate is developed and suggests that this method is comparable to manual interpretation for the purposes of forage area estimation.
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An automatic, wireless audio recording node for analysis of beehives
TL;DR: The design and development of the prototype system is described, with the results of preliminary tests and analysis confirmed that the final solution was energy neutral, providing additional energy for recharging, even in the case of several recording alerts in a single day.
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Evaluating European Food Safety Authority Protection Goals for Honeybees (Apis mellifera): What Do They Mean for Pollination?
TL;DR: It is shown that loss of colony size is the best indicator of reduced ecoservice, and the model provides a valuable framework for assessing protection goals, allowing regulators to test relevant impacts and quantify their magnitude.
A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase 2 [full report]
Joachim Maes,Jennifer Hauck,Maria Luisa Paracchini,Outi Ratamäki,Mette Termansen,Marta Pérez-Soba,Leena Kopperoinen,Katri Rankinen,Jan Philipp Schägner,Peter A. Henrys,Iwona Cisowska,Marianne Zandersen,Kurt Jax,Alessandra La Notte,Niko Leikola,Elija Pouta,Simon M. Smart,Berit Hasler,Tuija Lankia,Hans Estrup Andersen,Carlo Lavalle,Tommer Vermaas,Mohammed Hussen Alemu,Paul Scholefield,Filipe Batista,Richard F. Pywell,Mike Hutchins,Morten Blemmer,Anders Fonnesbech-Wulff,Adam J. Vanbergen,Bernd Münier,Claudia Baranzelli,David B. Roy,Vincent Thieu,Grazia Zulian,Mikko Kuussaari,Hans Thodsen,Eeva-Liisa Alanen,Benis N. Egoh,Peter Sørensen,Leon Braat,Giovanni Bidoglio +41 more
TL;DR: The PRESS-2 study as mentioned in this paper provides an analytical framework which enables the operationalization of the present scientific knowledge base of environmental data and models for application by the EU and Member States for mapping and assessment of ecosystem services.
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Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops
Alexandra-Maria Klein,Bernard E. Vaissière,James H. Cane,Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter,Saul A. Cunningham,Claire Kremen,Teja Tscharntke +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that fruit, vegetable or seed production from 87 of the leading global food crops is dependent upon animal pollination, while 28 crops do not rely upon animalPollination, however, global production volumes give a contrasting perspective.
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Global Transformations: Politics, Economics, and Culture
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Global Transformations: Politics, Economics, and Culture
TL;DR: The Global Transformations (GTL) project as mentioned in this paper is the product of almost a decade's work by a research team (based at the Open University and supported by the ESRC) who have produced what James. N. Rosenau has called the definitive work on globalization.
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Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer,Stuart P. M. Roberts,Menno Reemer,Ralf Ohlemüller,Michael Edwards,T.M.J. Peeters,T.M.J. Peeters,A. P. Schaffers,Simon G. Potts,R.M.J.C. Kleukers,Chris D. Thomas,Josef Settele,William E. Kunin +12 more
TL;DR: Evidence of declines (pre-versus post-1980) in local bee diversity in Britain and the Netherlands is found and a causal connection between local extinctions of functionally linked plant and pollinator species is strongly suggested.
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Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the economic consequences of pollinator decline by measuring the contribution of insect pollination to the world agricultural output economic value, and the vulnerability of world agriculture in the face of the decline of pollinators.
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